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Cow Run Sand
Masontown, West Virginia
Historical Marker Database · J. J. Prats
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The massive sandstone known by drillers as the Cow Run Sand is the Saltsburg Sandstone, was used in construction near here, and produces oil and natural gas at depths of about 600 feet in northwestern West Virginia.
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